Pontifex Maximus

for him. He wanted to be seen as a supreme spiritual leader. Augustus just wanted to be worshipped as a god himself.He re-established traditional social rules and religious rituals, sacrificing animals to Rome’s gods. In 12 AD he made himself Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of Rome and his strategy had worked. At his death augustus was indeed declared a god. if you believed your teachings were right and epicurean teachings were wrong you would never have expelled early teachers of philosophy from

the senate. He was a Roman consul. Caesar was sixteen years old when his father died; he then became the head of the household. Caesar then married Cornelia she was the daughter of Cinna. (“Julius Caesar” page 110) At age 26, he got elected pontifex maximus, the highest rank in the Roman priesthood. And at age 35, he got elected to office. He gained public support by spending money on public buildings, shows, and games. He forms the first Triumvirate, a political coalition between Pompeii, Marcus

ways, very similar to the social ladder of Rome itself. At the head was the emperor, who would eventually become a deity after his death. Below him would come the Pontifex Maximus, or the chief priest. Julius Caesar held this position at one time, which was very helpful to his political career. The Pontifex Maximus

The artwork I've chosen is the “Arles bust”. It's a sculpture showing allegedly Julius Caesar. The only part found in the Rhone River, near Arles, is the bust. It has no title but we often refers to him under the name of “Arles bust”. Its dimension are life-size. The category it belongs to is spatial arts. The author is unknown and will probably never be found : back to the Ancient Rome, sculptors were rarely known. According to the facts that it's supposed to be the only representation of Caesar

successful family that had long been settled at Velitrae, southeast of Rome.”1 Octavius began his public life at age 12 when he delivered the funeral oration for his grandmother, Julia. His great uncle, Julius Caesar, became the chief priest, Pontifex Maximus. Gaius Octavius was from a prosperous family in Velitrae, a city southeast of Rome. “He was described as unusually handsome and exceedingly graceful at all periods of his life, though he cared nothing for personal adornment. It was claimed that

The Life of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is and was one of the most influential people in history. He created laws, stuck wars, and developed new strategies for leadership and battles. "Caesar is widely considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, as well as a brilliant politician and one of the ancient world's strongest leaders (Julius Caesar pg.1)." He transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire and he extended his land all the way through Gaul to

reimburse the people who had bought the stolen goods. He also declared the Lord’s Day to be called “Sunday” in honor of the day the Christian’s God rested and in honor of the sun, an aspect of pagan worship. He even kept the traditional title of “Pontifex Maximus” or chief priest. After decades of persecution the Christians finally had an emperor on their

On the Ides of March one of the most famous assassinations took place; the assassination of the leader of the Roman republic, Julius Caesar. The death of Julius Caesar allowed Gaius Julius Octavius who would later be given the title Augustus by the senate, to enter the political realm of Rome by accepting his inherited power. But before Augustus could gain any control in Rome he had to defeat his opposition, Mark Antony who also sought to gain control of Rome at the time. Augustus managed to defeat

in the Republic. They also gave him the legal power to rule Rome's religious, civil and military affairs, with the Senate as an advisory body, effectively making him Emperor. After the death of Lepidus, he gained even more power with the title of Pontifex

wealthy people and the poor people and farmers, there were also freed man who were the people that used to be slaves but they were rich enough to buy themselves and get their own freedom or their owners would let them go. Religiously they had the Pontifex Maximums which is the bridge from God/heaven to the people and also they had their own beliefs of the astrology and liver reading from the priest as he would decide if they are having a fas or nafas day meaning a good or bad day and depending on